The glabella is in the skull, and is the bone that joins the two brow ridges. It is also the name of the patch of skin between the eyebrows.
The stapes, or stirrup, can be found in the ear canal. It is one of the three ossicles, the tiny bones of the middle ear; the other two are the malleus/hammer and incus/anvil. It helps to transmit sound into the inner ear.
The dacryon is also in the skull, and is the junction point formed by the maxillary (upper part of the jaw), lacrimal (near the front of the eye sockets) and frontal (forehead) bones.
The hyoid is the last of the head and neck bones in this quiz, and is located in the neck, between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. It has the distinction of being the only bone in the body not connected to any other bones, and also has an unusual 'U' shape which gives it 'horns'.
The scapula is the shoulder blade, which connects the humerus (see below) to the clavicle (collarbone). It is a flat bone and got its name from its resemblance to a shovel.
The humerus is the longer bone of the upper arm and runs from the shoulder to the elbow.
The ulna is one of the two bones of the lower arm, the other being the radius, and is on the same side as the little finger. When you bang your arm and it's extremely painful, the pain comes from the ulnar nerve being trapped. Despite the nickname of 'funny bone', it has nothing to do with the humerus.
Moving further down the body, the sacrum is a bone at the base of the spine, between the two wings of the pelvis. It is formed when the sacral vertebrae, aka S1-S5, fuse together, which usually occurs during a human's adulthood.
The patella is the kneecap, which acts as protection for the knee joint. It is the largest of the sesamoid bones (the bones embedded in muscles or tendons).
The wedge-shaped cuneiform bones - not to be confused with the ancient writing system - are in the feet, between the toes and the ankles. There are three types: the medial, which is the biggest and linked to the first metatarsal (the one behind the big toe) and second metatarsal; the intermediate, which is next to the medial and linked to the second metatarsal; and the lateral, which is on the other side of the intermediate cuneiform bone and in the middle of the tarsal bones.
That leaves us with the five muscles: the gastrocnemius, the gracilis, the piriformis, the popliteus and the sartorius. The gastrocnemius muscle is in the back of the lower leg; the gracilis muscle is a thin muscle near the middle of the thigh; the piriformis muscle is in the buttocks; the popliteus muscle is also in the back of the lower leg; and the sartorius muscle is in the thigh, and is the longest muscle in the human body. There's a bit of a pattern here - the muscle names all end in S.
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